People smugglers plot to test the waters of future Shorten govt

16/02/2019|1min

A former people smuggler has reportedly been approached by his former bosses and asked to find asylum seekers willing to cross the Indian Ocean to test a future Shorten government.
People smugglers have grown wealthy off the back off the European refugee crisis and are hoping to send boats to Australia, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
The former smuggler syndicate bosses are said to have hopes of overwhelming the system by ferrying up to 2000 asylum seekers each month.
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